Best export settings for vimeo

[Lembo]

I recently shot a heap of footage on my DVX100A, its all 30P and was shot with squeeze on.

Ive tried a bunch of different settings but it always seems to come out funny like.

If someone coukld give me the best compression settings that would be great .

Thanks Chris

 

[NoahK]

I just wrote an article about this that's coming out next month. To be honest if you just follow the instructions on their website you'll do fine.

http://vimeo.com/help/compression

And use MPEG Streamclip to do the encoding.

http://www.squared5.com/


Noah

 

[Lembo]

Thanks for your reply.
I followed their instruction last night, although when i played the movie back it look all pixelated and really wrong.

Im not to sure what else i can do?


Chris

 

[NoahK]

Well ok- what exactly did you do? Settings- sequence frame rate in FCP, codec, export type. And what did you do in MPEG-Streamclip. I can assure you if done properly video looks great on Vimeo so somehow there's a mistake you've got in your workflow and the easiest way to get help is to describe all the details so we can help you figure out where the mistake is.

Noah

 

[Calomile]

"File" > "Export..." > "QuickTime Movie" > Use the following settings...

Open MPEG Streamclip > "List" (drop down menu) > "Batch List" > "Add Files" > Navigate and add files > Use the following settings...

Select an output file name/folder > Use the following settings in the next window...

Click "Presets..." > Click "New" > Enter a name > Click "Save" (now you don't have to re-enter in your settings every time you want to export to Vimeo.)

Click "To Batch" > Click "Go"

You might need to edit a few of the settings I've used in my preset, such as "Deinterlace Video" if you're using interlaced footage, and if you're just wanting a quick export to show somebody a revision of an edit, you can uncheck Multipass, reduce the quality and enable DV-PAL/NTSC on the Frame Size instead, and use a bitrate of 2000-2500~.

 

[David Saraceno]

I never understood the upper field dominance setting.

 

[Chris Messineo]

I use compressor to get my films ready for vimeo and it works great.

Here is a tutorial and premade droplet you can try: http://mcnichol.com/vimeo.htm

 

[vocare]

have anyone compare using

1) compressor 3.5
2) Quicktime Player 7
3) Others